Device for administering medicine



W. I. EVANS.

DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, I920.

Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY.

7171314155 J. EVANS, 9F IIEEV YORK, N. 'Y.

DEVICE FOR ADFVIIIQ ISTEPJIJG- IJZEDICINE.

Application filed February 2, 1920.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Wrens J. Evans, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, county of New York, State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forAdministering lifledicine, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to devices tor administering medicine. Thob ect of the invention is to provide such a device, particularly foradministering medicine to club dren or physically or metally incompetentadults. whereby the usual ordeal connected therewith is avoided.

To these ends the invention comprises a device preferably in the form ofa nozzle or mouthpiece having a wide relatively than and to act as atongue depressor, said end being curved slightly upwardly, and the tiphaving a slit-like discharge opening therein. Other objects and featuresoi novelty w ll be apparent from the description taken in connectionwith the drawings in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of anozzle or mouthpiece constructed in accordance with the presentinvention, being shown as attached to a force syringe of the plungertype, and

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a nozzle connected to a flexible rubberbulb,

Referring to the drawings the device comprises a mouthpiece 10, the mainportion of which is cylindrical, one end being adapted for connection toa syringe or similar device. As shown, this end is internally threadedso that the mouthpiece may be screwed on to the nipple 11 ot' the forcesyringe 12 or 12.

The opposite or nozzle end of the mouthpiece is flattened out and bentdownwardly to provide a wide thin part 13 adapted to act as a tonguedepressor. Preferably thet1p end of this depressor part is curvedslightly upwardly as indicated at 14 and the tip is formed with a thinand relatively wide discharge opening 15 whichmay bedefined as aperfectly straight slit-like opening or ontice. It will. be observedthat the medicine discharged through said opening will be in the form ofa film or spray, thus avoiding violent contact of the medicine with thesensitive structures of the throat with the result that there will. beno strangulation when medicine is administered with my de- Specifieationof Letter." l-atent.

Patented Get. 11, 1 .92551.

Serial No. 355,621.

vice. Furthermore as the tip end is bent slightly upwardly the openingtherein will not be closed by the overlapping tissues of the tongue whenfirm pressure is made thereon. Moreover the film or spray will be discharged from the opening in a slightly upwardly inclined directioninstead or" directly into the throat as would occur if the end werestraight and not bent up.

Although a specific embodiment oi the invention has been described indetail, it is not thus limited but includes modifications and changeswhich come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A device for administering medicine comprising a tube having a widethin discharge end bent away from the axis of the tube to act as atongue depressor, said end. being curved slightly backward toward saidaxis at its tip, whereby the discharge opening therein will not beclosed by the tissues of the tongue, and the medicine will be discharged slightly upwardly in the mouth avoiding spraying the samedirectly into the threat.

2. A device for administering medicine comprising a tube having a widethin discharge end bent to U-shape to act as a tongue depressor, thedischarge opening in the tip of said end being of slit-lilre shape,whereby the medicine will be discharged away from the tongue as a filmor spray.

3. A device for spraying the throat comprising a tube terminating with aflattened portion bent away from the axis thereof and a nozzle formedout of the flattened portion and bent toward the said axis, whereby saidflattened portion will hold the patients tongue away from the nozzle soas not to obstruct the tree flow of the medicine.

41-. A device for spraying the throat comprising a tube with a passageof circular cross section and adapted to be attached to asyringe andterminating with a portion of flattened cross section, said portionbeing bent away from the axis of the tube, a nozzle formed out of thetip of said portion and bent toward said axis, the outlet opening or"said nozzle being considerably'wider and thinner than that of saidpassage, whereby the pa tients tongue when depressed by said portionWill be prevented from obstructing the spray emanating in a directionaway from the tongue from said outlet opening.

5. A device for administering medicine constructed from a tube flattenedat one end to provide a discharge opening in the form of a narrow slit,said flattened end being bent away from the of said tube and its tipwith the narrow slit bent back toward said axis whereby the course of aspray einanatl0 ing from said narrow slit will proceed in the directiongiven by said slit, unobstructed by the bulging of an object compressedby the said flattened end.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. 15

WILLIS J. EVANS.

